Cognella Academic Publishing Child's Play: Introducing Music and Literacy Through Picture Books

Child's Play: Introducing Music and Literacy through Picture Books provides students with a wide variety of picture book suggestions to enrich childhood education programs and curriculum. The literacy components within each picture book support children's development of speaking, reading or viewing, listening, writing, and movement. Music components build children's recognition and understanding of dynamics, form, melody, rhythm, style, texture, and timbre or tone color.The picture book suggestions reflect diverse authors, illustrators, story characters, and contexts, and are organized into five distinct themes: animals, people, movement, objects, and mindfulness. Each chapter is further divided into five separate ages and developmental stages, offering recommendations for infants, toddlers, pre-schoolers/pre-kindergarteners, kindergarteners, and early elementary school students. Readers are provided with learning objectives and activity suggestions for each picture book, encouraging future and practicing educators and providers to engage their students and help develop their literacy and music skills.Featuring kid-tested, teacher-approved picture book references, Child's Play is an ideal supplementary resource for courses and programs in childhood education and development. About the Author Alicia K. Mueller, Ed.D. is an associate professor of music at Towson University. She holds an Ed.D. in music and secondary education from Arizona State University, master's degree in music education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and bachelor's degree in music education from Tennessee Technological University. Her research has appeared in various publications, including Teaching Young Children and Perspectives: Journal of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association, among others.